Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World Case Studies from the Near East, Egypt, the Aegean, and South Asia
Book contents
- Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World
- Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Illustrations
- Plates
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter One Introduction: Small Windows, Wide Views
- Part I The Ancient Near East and Cyprus
- Part II South Asia and the Gulf Region
- Chapter Eight Indus Seals and Glyptic Studies: An Overview
- Chapter Nine Letting the Pictures Speak: An Image-Based Approach to the Mythological and Narrative Imagery of the Harappan World
- Chapter Ten Understanding Indus Seal-Carving Traditions: A Stylistic and Metric Approach
- Chapter Eleven Operational Sequences and Stamp Seals: A Preliminary Report on an Experimental and Microtopographic Framework for Identifying Groups of Seal Carvers in the Indus Civilization
- Chapter Twelve Seals and Sealing Technology in the Dilmun Culture: The Post-Harappan Life of the Indus Valley Sealing Tradition
- Part III Egypt
- Part IV Aegean
- References
- Endnotes
- Index
Chapter Eight - Indus Seals and Glyptic Studies: An Overview
from Part II - South Asia and the Gulf Region
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 April 2018
Book contents
- Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World
- Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Illustrations
- Plates
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter One Introduction: Small Windows, Wide Views
- Part I The Ancient Near East and Cyprus
- Part II South Asia and the Gulf Region
- Chapter Eight Indus Seals and Glyptic Studies: An Overview
- Chapter Nine Letting the Pictures Speak: An Image-Based Approach to the Mythological and Narrative Imagery of the Harappan World
- Chapter Ten Understanding Indus Seal-Carving Traditions: A Stylistic and Metric Approach
- Chapter Eleven Operational Sequences and Stamp Seals: A Preliminary Report on an Experimental and Microtopographic Framework for Identifying Groups of Seal Carvers in the Indus Civilization
- Chapter Twelve Seals and Sealing Technology in the Dilmun Culture: The Post-Harappan Life of the Indus Valley Sealing Tradition
- Part III Egypt
- Part IV Aegean
- References
- Endnotes
- Index
Summary
This chapter introduces Indus seals, and provides a chronological overview of seals in the various phases of Indus civilization. It then addresses various aspects of Indus seals, including inscriptions, the photographic Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions, seals as badges of authority and amulets, seals as administrative tools, and seal manufacture. As such, the chapter provides a brief but thorough introduction to the more detailed studies that comprise the rest of this section.
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- Seals and Sealing in the Ancient WorldCase Studies from the Near East, Egypt, the Aegean, and South Asia, pp. 127 - 143Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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